HYB:Hybridizing quiz again

Last September 11, I posted photos of LYNSEY
ALEXANDRA and my seedling 20Q5 and asked why I would cross them. You
smarties guessed the answer right away (keep 20Q5's rich colors and get LA's
broader falls.).

Night before last, I visited one of my distant
seedling plots that rain had kept me out of to see if there was anything I might
take to the Fredericksburg Area Iris Society show the next morning. More
rain was pending, so anything I wanted to take would have to be cut that
evening. I saw that 07U8, a seedling from the above cross, had one
completely spent blossom, but others might bloom overnight. I cut
it. The next morning, no other buds had opened and I doubted
that any would before the judging. I took it
anyhow.

Quiz questions: Why did I take it and why did
it win "best seedling"? Clue: The answer to both questions is the
same. -- Griff